Day 2

Monday, April 22, 13

The Italian Peninsula

• What 3 groups vied for control of the Italian peninsula?

Monday, April 22, 13

GIVEN

Monday, April 22, 13

GIVEN

Monday, April 22, 13

• The Latins, Etruscans, and Greeks vied for control of the region in which Rome was founded

GIVEN

Monday, April 22, 13

• The Latins, Etruscans, and Greeks vied for control of the region in which Rome was founded

• The Latins occupied a region of central Italy they called “Latium”

GIVEN

Monday, April 22, 13

• The Latins, Etruscans, and Greeks vied for control of the region in which Rome was founded

• The Latins occupied a region of central Italy they called “Latium”

• The Greeks established colonies on the southern and western coasts of Italy and the island of Sicily

GIVEN

Monday, April 22, 13

• The Latins, Etruscans, and Greeks vied for control of the region in which Rome was founded

• The Latins occupied a region of central Italy they called “Latium”

• The Greeks established colonies on the southern and western coasts of Italy and the island of Sicily

• The advanced civilization of the Etruscans was located in “Etruria”, just north of Latium.

GIVEN

Monday, April 22, 13

• The Latins, Etruscans, and Greeks vied for control of the region in which Rome was founded

• The Latins occupied a region of central Italy they called “Latium”

• The Greeks established colonies on the southern and western coasts of Italy and the island of Sicily

• The advanced civilization of the Etruscans was located in “Etruria”, just north of Latium.

• Rome was built atop 7 hills

GIVEN

Monday, April 22, 13

• The Latins, Etruscans, and Greeks vied for control of the region in which Rome was founded

• The Latins occupied a region of central Italy they called “Latium”

• The Greeks established colonies on the southern and western coasts of Italy and the island of Sicily

• The advanced civilization of the Etruscans was located in “Etruria”, just north of Latium.

• Rome was built atop 7 hills

Why was it that the Latins founded “Rome” and not the Etruscans or Greeks?

GIVEN

Monday, April 22, 13

Rome’s Perfect Location

City surrounded by land

Not exposed to coastal dangers

Receives warning of approaching invaders

Monday, April 22, 13

Rome’s Perfect Location

Monday, April 22, 13

Rome’s Perfect Location

Monday, April 22, 13

“Maritime cities are exposed to dangers both numerous and impossible to foresee.”

Rome’s Perfect Location

Monday, April 22, 13

“Maritime cities are exposed to dangers both numerous and impossible to foresee.”

Rome’s Perfect Location

“In addition, cities located on the sea are subject to certain corrupting influences and to moral decline, for they are affected by alien forms of speech and alien standards of conduct.”

Monday, April 22, 13

“Maritime cities are exposed to dangers both numerous and impossible to foresee.”

Rome’s Perfect Location

“In addition, cities located on the sea are subject to certain corrupting influences and to moral decline, for they are affected by alien forms of speech and alien standards of conduct.”

“Not only foreign merchandise is imported by also foreign codes of morals, with the result that none of the ancestral customs of a maritime people can remain unchanged. The inhabitants of the seaboard do not remain at home but are tempted far from their cities by the hope and dream of swiftly gained wealth...”

Monday, April 22, 13

“Maritime cities are exposed to dangers both numerous and impossible to foresee.”

Rome’s Perfect Location

“In addition, cities located on the sea are subject to certain corrupting influences and to moral decline, for they are affected by alien forms of speech and alien standards of conduct.”

“Not only foreign merchandise is imported by also foreign codes of morals, with the result that none of the ancestral customs of a maritime people can remain unchanged. The inhabitants of the seaboard do not remain at home but are tempted far from their cities by the hope and dream of swiftly gained wealth...”

Monday, April 22, 13

“Maritime cities are exposed to dangers both numerous and impossible to foresee.”

Rome’s Perfect Location

“In addition, cities located on the sea are subject to certain corrupting influences and to moral decline, for they are affected by alien forms of speech and alien standards of conduct.”

“Not only foreign merchandise is imported by also foreign codes of morals, with the result that none of the ancestral customs of a maritime people can remain unchanged. The inhabitants of the seaboard do not remain at home but are tempted far from their cities by the hope and dream of swiftly gained wealth...”

Change=Moral DeclineMonday, April 22, 13

Mos Maiorum

Monday, April 22, 13

Competition on the Italian Peninsula

Monday, April 22, 13